Towel cabinet



NOV. 28, 1933- s SCHWARTZ 1,936,690

TOWEL CABINET Filed Jan. 20, 1932 2 Sheets-Sheet l 1933- s. A. SCHWARTZTOWEL CABINET Filed Jan. 20, 1952 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 UNITED rarsm OFFICE:

TOWEL CABINET Samuel A. Schwartz, St. Paul, Minn. i Application January20, 1932. Serial No. 587,641 .13 Claims. (oi. s12 ss) This inventionrelates to towel cabinets. It is one of the main objects of theinvention to provide a novel and improved sanitary towel cabinet whereincontamination of the clean the soiled toweling is prevented.

toweling by It is another object of the invention to provide novel andimproved mechanism co ntrolling the dispensation of clean toweling fromthe cabinet.

These and other objects of the present invention will more fully appearfrom the following description made in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, wherein like ref erenoe characters refer to the same orsimilar parts throughout the various views, and in which;'

Fig. 1 is a view in front elevation illustrating a cabinet embodying theinvention with the door of the cabinet open and partly broken away, thecabinet being unloaded with toweling;

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the cabinet taken substantially onthe line 2-2 of Fig. l, but

showing the door closed and also showing toweling in position within thecabinet;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Fig.1, as indicated by the arrows, the door being shown clo cabinet beingunloaded;

sed and the Fig. 4 is a horizontal section taken on the line of Fig.Fig. 5 is a view taken, partly in ve .4, as indicated by the arrows;

rtical section and partly in front elevation, through the cabinet andillustrating the clean towel feed roller and part of the mechanismcontrolling the dispensation of clean toweling;

Fig. 6 is a view in right clean towel feed roller; and

Fig. 7 is a end elevation of the view, on an enlarged scale,illustrating the mechanism controlling the dispensation of the samerelation as in Fig. 3, and parts being shown in one position cleantoweling, the parts being shown in the movable in full lines and inanother position in dotted lines.

Referring to the drawings, there is illustrated a towel cabinet,including a casing open front, an open bottom, a back 10, respectively,and a top 11. front edge of the side 10, by means is a door 13, whichnormally closes the A. The front 10 the ably inwardly flanged, asillustrat A having an 8, sides 9 and Hinged to the of hinges 12, thefront of edges of the sides 9 and top 11 of the casing A are prefered.Slidably mounted within the lower portion of the casing A, a, and closedtop, bottom, back and compartment 14 having an open front sides.'Horizontal ribs 1 1a are formed to project outwardly from the sides ofcompartment 14 a nd to receive these ribs horizontal grooves or channels15 are formed in the sides 9 and 10, adjacent the lower ends of thesame. The compartment 14 may, of course, he slid outwardly from thecasing A, when the door 13 is opened, and when the compartment is slidrearwardly to its extreme rearward position in the casing'A, the back ofthe compartment will be disposed in slightly forwardly spaced relationfrom the back 8 of the casing A, by means of vertical ribs 16 secured tothe back of the compartment adjacent the sides thereof. These ribs 16,in addition to having the function of spacing the back of thecompartment 14 from the back 8 of casing A, also have the function ofguides to prevent lateral movement of the toweling, as will presentlyappear, and accordingly ribs 16 may be referred to as guide ribs. Whenthe ribs 16 contact the back 8, of casing A, the forward edge of thebottom of the compartment will lie in closely spaced relation from thebottom edge of the door 13, when this door is closed, to form a slot 17at this point. It should also be here stated that the forward edge ofthe bottom of compartment 14 is rolled downwardly, as shown in Figs. 2and 3. The compartment 14 is adapted to receive a so clean roll 18 oftowelingB. The forward edge of the top of compartment 14. terminatesshort of the forward edge of the bottom of the compartment to permit thetoweling B to be drawn forwardly and upwardly from the bottom of theroll 18 through the front opening of compartment 14.. Mounted in thecasing A, adjacent the front thereof and above the compartment 14, is aclean towel feed roller 19, preferably covered with sand paper 19a, orsimilar friction material. At one end of this feed roller 19, there isfixedly mounted a trunnion 20 journaled in the side 10, while the otherend of the feed roller 19 is provided with a short bore 19b to receivethe inner end of a trunnion 21, which is journaled in a boss 9a in theside 9 of the casing.- A coiled spring 22 fits within the bore 191) andbears at one end against the roller 19 and at its other end againsttrunnion 21 to normally force this trunnion into the boss 9a. To permitremoval of the feed roller 19 from the casing, a small opening 92) iscut through the boss 9a, whereby a nail or small pin may be inserted tobear against the outer end of trunnion 21 and force the same into thebore 191) against the tension 10 of spring 22, thereby permittin theleft end of the roller 19 to be swung outwardly to release the trunnion20 from side 10 of the casing. Secured to the left end of clean towelfeed roller 19, as by nails or screws 23, is a gear 24 which isapertured to permit the passage of trunnion 21 therethrough.

Journaled in the sides 9 and 10 ofcasing A, by means of a spring-pressedtrunnion, and a fixed trunnion (not illustrated) similar to thetrunnions 20 and 21, is a small pinch roller 25, and this roller islocated above the clean towel feed roller 19 in close proximity thereto,so that the forward side of the pinch roller 25 projects slightlyforwardly from the forward side of feed roller 19. The periphery ofpinch roller 25 is very slightly spaced from the periphery of roller 19.

The toweling B from the clean towel roll 18 will be carried upwardlythrough the front of compartment 14 over the forward side of clean towelfeed roller 19, whereupon it will be threaded rearwardly between roller19 and pinch roller 25, and thereupon the toweling will be carried:upwardly and forwardly over roller 25 to depend downwardlyin casing Athrough slot 17 to hang in a service loop below compartment 14. From therear run of the service loop the toweling B is carried upwardly betweenback 8 of the casing and the back of compartment 14 and between theguide ribs 16. A rib 26, horizontally disposed, is formed in the back 8immediately above the top *of compartment 14, and this rib overlies theupper rear edge of the compartment so that the toweling B, as it iscarried upwardly, beyond the :back of compartment 14, must frictionallyengage the upper rear edge of compartment 14 and rib 26. The rib 26,co-operating with the upper rear edge of the compartment 14, acts tosmooth the soiled portion of the toweling and to place this portion ofthe toweling under some friction before it can be drawn upwardly beyondrib 26.

Removably journaled in the sides 9 and 10 of casing A, above andrearwardly from the clean towel feed roller 19, is a soiled towel feedroller 2'7, of the same diameter as roller 19, and covered by a layer ofsandpaper 27a or similar friction material. This soiled towel feedroller will be mounted in casing A by means of a fixed trunnion and aspring-pressed movable trunnion (not illustrated) in the same manner asis roller 19. The left end of roller 27 carries a gear 28 and a chain 29is trained over the two gears 24 and 28, whereby roller 27 will bedriven by roller 19. Channelled guide ribs 30 are formed on the innersurfaces of the sides 9 and 10 of casing A' above soiled towel feedroller 27, and t ese ribs project first horizontally rearwardly from thefront of the casing and then extend diagonally downwardly to terminateadjacent roller 27. The channels of these ribs are open through thefront of the casing A. Supported within the channels of the ribs 30, isa soiled towel trunnioned take-up roller 31 to which the toweling A iscarried after its contact with the rib 28. This roller 31, together withwhatever soiled toweling is wound thereon rests by gravity against thesoiled towel feed roller 2'7.

It will be seen that when the toweling B is in place within the cabinet,contamination of the clean toweling in the roll 18, by soiled portionsof the toweling running upwardly from the rear run of the service loopto the soiled towel take-up roller 31, is prevented by provision of thecompartment 14 within which the roll of clean toweling 18 is held. It isdesirable, however, to prevent contamination of that portion of thetowel ing running upwardly from compartment 14 over clean towel feedroller 19 and pinch roller 25,

and for this purpose there is provided a plate or shield 32 mounted oncompartment 14. This shield extends diagonally upwardly and forwardly tothe front of the casing between soiled towel feed roll 27 and rollers 19and 25, and, at its upper edge, the plate is preferably curved upwardlyand rearwardly, as shown. To support plate 32 in position, curved tangs33 are secured g to the lower and rear edge of the plate, and thesetangs run downwardly and rearwardly through slots 14?) cut in the top ofcompartment 14, adjacent the back of the same, and the lower ends ofthese tangs bear against the back of compartment 14. As the lower andrear edge of plate 32 bear directly against the top of compartment 14,it will be seen that the tangs 33 will retain the plate in the positionshown in Figs. 2 and 3 to shield the clean toweling at the forwardportion of the cabinet from contamination by the soiled toweling at therear portion of the cabinet. As compartment 14 is slid forwardly, whendoor 13 is opened, the upper edge of plate 32 may tipupwardly andrearwardly to permit the movement of the compartment 14. It is, ofcourse, also possible to withdraw the plate 32 completely from thecabinet to permit complete removal of compartment 14, when desired,bymerely pulling the tangs 33 upwardly andoutwardly through slots 142),

My improved mechanism controlling the dispensation of clean towelingfrom the cabinet includes a locking disc 34 hingedly connected to one ofthe feed .rollers 19 or 2'7, such as the roller 19. The disc 34 is shownas being connected to the right end of roller 19 by means of a singlescrew 35 which runs through a countersunk opening in disc 34, adjacent aportion of the peripheral edge thereof. This screw is secured to the endof roller 19, adjacent a point on its peripheral edge, as bestillustrated in Fig. 5. Disc '34 is apertured to permit passage oftrunnion 20 therethrough and preferably the disc substantially coversthe right end of the roller. The freeor non-pivoted edge of disc 34 isnormally pressed outwardly from the right end of roller 19 by means of asmall coiled spring 36 fitting within a bore 190, at the right end ofthe roller, and bearing against the inner face of the disc. A radialgroove 34a is cut in the outer face of disc 34 from the free swingingedge of the disc tothe trunnion 20. This groove 34a will be called thelocking groove of the disc. Slidably supported within guide ribs 37,formed on the inner face of side 10 of the casing, is a locking bar 38which co-operates with the locking groove 34a.130

To retain the bar in position and, at the same time, to limit slidingmovement of the bar in both directions, a slot 38a is cut in the bar anda pin 39 mounted in the ribs 37 runs through this slot. The lower end ofbar 38 is pivotally connected by a pivot 40 to an inwardly projectingarm of a three-arm lever 41 pivotally mounted on a pivot 42 secured tothe side 10 of the casing, adjacent the front edge thereof. The pivot 40is preferably mounted in a short slot cut in the inner arm of lever 41to permit slight sliding movement of the pivot as the lever 41 is swungon its pivot 42. The lever 41, in addition to having the inwardlyprojecting arm has an upwardly projecting arm and a downwardlyprojecting arm, and secured to the upwardly projecting arm and extendingdownward therefrom is a bar spring 43 which normally bears against thedoor 13 of the casing, to urge the inner arm of thelever upwardly tothereby'carry locking bar 38 partially 150 across the outer face of disc34'. A push button ie-suitably housed by a housing 45, is mounted ondoor 18 adjacent its hinged edge, and this push button is aligned withthe upper arm of lever 41, so that when the door is closed and the pushbutton 44 is pressed inwardly, the button will strike the upper arm oflever 41 to swing the same from the full line position shown in '7 tothe dotted line position there shown, and thereby carry lockingbar 38from a position extending partially across plate 34 to a position belowthe plate.

Under normal circumstances, when door 13 is closed, the parts of themechanism controlling the dispensation of clean toweling will assume thepositions shown in Fig. and in full lines in 'Fig. 7. When the parts arein this position, locking bar 38 lies within locking groove 34a and itwill be impossible to rotate roller 19 in either direction. By pressingthe push button 44 against the resistance of the spring 48, locking bar38 may be slid downwardly to such a position that it will not extendacross disc 34, whereupon spring 36 will force the free swinging portionof disc 3 outwardly a greater distance from the right end of roller 19,or until the free swinging edge of the disc 34 stands in the path oflocking bar 38. As the push button i4 is released, spring 43 will againurge bar 38 to move upwardly to again extend partially across the outerface of the disc, but,'as the position of the disc has been changed, itwill .be impossible for the bar to move into the groove 34a. Accordinglythe roller 19 may now be rotated. After the roller 19 has been rotatedthrough approximately half of a revolution,

the pivoted edge'of the disc 34 will be brought opposite the upper endof locking bar 38, and, as this edge of the disc does not stand in thepath or" the locking bar, spring 43 will force the locking bar partiallyacross the face of the disc. As further rotation of roller 19 continues,bar 38 will cam disc 34 toward the end of roller 19, thereby compressingspring 38 until such time as groove 34a is brought into alignment withlooking bar 38. The locking bar 38 will then fall into the groove 34athrough the action of spring 36, whereupon the roller will again belocked to prevent its rotation in either direction. By opening door 13,t. e base of reaction for the spring 33 is removed, and accordingly bar38 may drop downwardly out of the slot 34a by gravity. Continuedrotation of roller 19 may then take place, without interference by thelocking bar 38.

The present cabinet can be very easily filled.

To fill the cabinet, the door 13 will be opened,

thereby causing the release of the locking bar 38 from the lockinggroove 34a of disc 34, to permit continued free rotation of both rollers19 and 27. Compartment i l will be slid outwardly through the frontopening of easing A, whereupon a roll 18 of clean toweling will beplace. within the compartment 14. and the web of toweling B will becarried upwardly over clean towel feed roller 19, between roller 19 andpinch roller 25, thence over pinch roller and downwardly against theforward edge of the bottom of coinpartment 14 to depend in a loop belowthe compartment. From the rear run of the loop, the toweling will becarried upwardly between the back of compartment 14 and back 8 of thecasing to the soiled towel take-up roller 31, whereupon a portion of thetoweling will be wound upon this roller 31. As the back of compartment14 will be spaced a considerable distance from the back 8 of the casing,by reason of the fact that the compartment is slid forwardly, it will beseem that the toweling may be readily threaded in place. If it isdesired to remove the soiled towel take-up roller 31 from the cabinetbefore e toweling is wound thereon, this can be rea ,lv done. As roller19 is not locked from rotations the toweling B may be readily drawn outfrom the roll 18, while it is being inserted in place foruse. After thetoweling has seen positioned as described, compartment 14 may he slid in853 wardly whereupon the door 13 will be closed andthe parts will thenassume th position shown in Fig. 2.

In using the cabinet, the push button 44 will be first pressed,whereupon the user will grasp the front run of the service loop of thetoweling B and pull downwardly upon the toweling. Pressing the pushbutton 44 will release the locln'ng bar 38 from its engagement withlooking disc 34 by its disposition within groove 34a, and as the frontrun of the service loop of the toweling is pulled downwardly, bothrollers 19 and 2'! will be rotated through a complete revolution anduntil such time as looking bar 34 is again received within the groove34a of the disc. Accordingly a predetermined length of clean towelingwill be dispensed from the cabinet and the frictional engagement betweenthe soiled towel feed roller 27 and the rolled toweling on the soiledtowel takeup roller 31 will cause a corresponding length 01. soiledtoweling to be wound upon the soiled towel. take-up roller 31.

It will be seen that an extremely efficient cabinet has been providedwherein contamination of the clean toweling by the soiled toweling isprevented. As all of the rollers and the compartment;- 14 of the cabinetmay be readily removed from casing A, the entire cabinet may, from timeto time, be completely washed and sterilized, thus maintaining it insanitary condition. Although the mechanism controllin dispensation oftoweling is shown as being applied for use with the clean towel feedroller 19, it will be understood that this same mechanism could beequally as well used in connection with the soiled towel feed roller 27,or any other rotating part of the towel cabinet which must be rotated astoweling is dispensed.

It will, of course, be understood that various changes may be made inthe form, details, arrangement and proportions of the various partswithout departing from the scope of the present invention, which,generally stated, consists in the matter shown and described and setforth in the appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1'. A sanitary towel cabinet comprising a casing having a front opening,a compartment having an open front and closed top, bottom, back andsides, compartment being supported for sliding forward and rearwardmovement in said cas-- ing in spaced relation below the top of the cas-.ing, said compartment being adapted to support a supply of cleantoweling, clean towel feed means 7 supported in said casingabove saidcompartment and over which the toweling is adapted to be drawn fordispensation to hang in a loop below said cr'npartment, soiled toweltake-up means mounted in said casing above said compartment and inspaced relation from said feed means, the to g being adapted to extendupwardly to said talieup means from said loop between the back of thecasing and the back of said compartment and a, plate attached to saidcompartment and running upwardly and forwardly to. the front of 5 looLlill' said casing between said feed means and said takeup means toseparate the portion of the towcling running over said feed means fromthe portion of the toweling running over said takeup means and preventthe spread of infection from the soiled toweling to the clean toweling.

2. The structure defined in claim 1, said plate being hingedly connectedto said compartment to permit tilting of said plate as said compartmentis slid forwardly.

3. A sanitary towel cabinet comprising a casing having a front opening,a compartment having an open front and closed top, bottom, back andsides, said compartn" ent being supported for sliding forward andrearward movement in said casing, said compartment being adapted tosupport a supply of clean toweling, clean towel feed means supported insaid casing above said compartment and over which the toweling isadapted to be drawn for dispensation to hang in a loop below saidcompartment, soiled towel takeup means mounted in said casing above saidcompartment and spaced from said clean towel feed means, the tcwelingbeing adapted to extend upwardly from said loop to said soiled toweltakeup means between the back of said casing and the back of saidcompartment, a plate having at its lower edge projecting through slotsin the top of said compartment, said plate projecting upwardly andforward ly to the front of the casing between said feed means and saidtakeup means, the rear portions of said tangs normally bearing against aportion of said compartment to retain the plate in position when saidcompartment is slid to its rearward position in said casing and saidtangs permitting tilting movement of said plate to allow the compartmentto be slid forwardly.

4. A sanitary towel cabinet comprising a casing having a front opening,a compartment having an open front and closed top, bottom, back andsides, said compartment being supported for sliding forward and rearwardmovement in said casing in spaced relation below the top of the casing,said compartment being adapted to support a supply of clean toweling, aclean towel feed roller supported in said casing adjacent the front ofthe casing above said compartment, a pinch roller supported in saidcasing adjacent and ightly forwardly from and above said clean towelfeed roller, the toweling being adapted to extend from said compartmentbetween said clean towel feed roller and said pinch roller and thencedownwardly below said compartment to hang in a loop, soiled towel takeupmeans supported in said casing above said compartment and rearwardly ofsaid clean towel feed roller and said pinch roller, the toweling beinadapted to extend upwardly to said soiled towel takeup means from saidloop between the back of said casing and the back of said compartmentand a plate applied to the top of said compartment adjacent its back andrunning diagonally upwardly and forwardly to adjacent the front of thecabinet between said takeup means and said rollers.

5. A towel cabinet comprising a casing having a front opening, a slidingsupport for clean toweling mounted in said casing in spaced relationbelow the top of the same for sliding movement forwardly and rearwardly,said support having a substantially vertical back adapted to be disposedadjacent the back of said casing when said support is rearwardly slid,means supported in said casing for feeding toweling downwardly from theforward side of the casing below said support to hang in a loop belowthe same, soiled towel takeup means mounted in said casing above saidsupport and to which toweling is adapted to be carried upwardly fromsaid loop between the vertical back of said support and the back of saidcasing and vertical guides mounted on the back of said support, adjacentthe side edges thereof and spaced apart a distance correspondingapproximately to the width of the toweling for which the cabinet isintended, whereby the toweling during its movement to said soiled toweltakeup means will be prevented from shifting laterally.

6. A towel cabinet comprising a casing having a front opening, acompartment formed in said casing in spaced relation below the topthereof, said compartment being adapted to support a supply of cleantoweling, clean towel feed means supported in said casing above saidcompartment and over which toweling is adapted to be drawn fordispensation to hang in a service loop below said compartment, soiledtowel take-up means mounted in said casing above said compartment andspaced from said clean towel feed means, the toweling being adapted toextend upwardly from said loop to said soiled towel take-up meansrearwardly of said compartment and a plate mounted at the top of saidcompartment rearwardly from the front of said casing and projectingupwardly and forwardly to the front of said. casing between said cleantowel feed means and said soiled towel take-up means thereby preventingthe spread of infection from the soiled toweling to the clean toweling,said compartment having a top wall separating it from said clean towelfeed means.

7. In a towel cabinet, a rotatable member which must be rotated topermit dispensation of toweling from the cabinet, first and secondcooperating locking elements, said first element being mounted on saidrotatable member and said second element being slidably mounted in saidcabinet near said first element for movement to an extended positionpartially across the outer face of said first element and for movementto a re tracted position withdrawn from across the face of said firstelement, resilient means urging said second element to its extendedposition, means for moving said second element to its retractedposition, resilient means urging said two elements into engagement whensaid second element is in extended position and urging one of saidelements to a position where said first element will stand in the pathof sliding movement of said second element from its retracted to itsextended position when said rotatable member is turned to one position,said first element being constructed to permit movement of said secondelement from its retracted to its extended position when said rotatablemember is turned to a second position and a shoulder on said firstelement with which said second element will engage to prevent, rotationof said rotatable member in one direction when said second element is inextended position and said rotatable member has been turned from itssecond position to itsfirst specified position.

8. In a towel cabinet, a rotatable member which must be rotated topermit dispensation of toweling tom the cabinet, first and secondcooperating locking elements, said first element being mounted on saidrotatable member and said second element being slidably mounted in saidcabinet near said first element for movement to an extended positionpartially across the outer face of said first element and for movementto a retracted position withdrawn from across the face of said firstelement, a door closing an opening in said cabinet, resilient meanshaving a base of reaction against said door when closed and urging saidsecond element to its extended position when said door is closed buthaving no effect on said second element when said door is open, meansmounted in said door for moving said second element to its retractedposition, resilient means urging said two elements into engagement whensaid second element is in extended position and urging one of saidelements to a position where said first element will stand in the pathof sliding movement of said second element from its retracted itsextended position when said rotatable member is turned to one position,said first element being constructed to permit movement of said secondelement from its retacted to its extended position when said rotatablemember is turned toa second position and a shoulder on said firstelement with which said second element will engage to prevent rotationof said rotatable member in one direction when said second element is inextended position and said rotatable member has been turned from itssecond position to its first specified position.

9. In a towel cabinet, a rotatable member which must be rotated topermit dispensation of toweling from the cabinet, first and secondcooperating locking elements, said first element being mounted on saidrotatable member and said second element being slidably mounted in saidcabinet near said first element for movement to an extended positionpartially across the outer face of said first element and for movementto a retracted position withdrawn from across the face of said firstelement, resilient means urging said second element to its extendedposition, means for moving said second element to its retractedposition, resilient means urging said two elements into en agement whensaid second element is in extended position and urging one of saidelements to a position where said first element will stand in the pathof sliding movement of said second element from its retracted to itsextended position when said rotatable member is turned to one position,said first element being constructed to permit movement of said secondelementfrom its retracted to its extended position when said rotatablemember is turned to a second position and said first element having achannel therein within which said second element will fit to preventrotation of said rotatable member in either direction when said secondelement is in extended position and said rotatable member has beenturned from its second position to its first specified position.

10. In a towel cabinet, a member which must be rotated to permitdispensation of toweling from the cabinet, a pair of cooperating lockingelements, one of which is pivotally mounted on said rotatable memberandthe other of which is slidably mounted in the cabinet for movement to anextended position projecting partially across the face of said pivotedelement and for movement to a retracted position withdrawn from acrossthe face of said pivoted element, resilient means urging the free edgeof said pivoted element into the path of movement of saidsliding elementfrom retracted to extended position when said member is turned to oneposition, re-

silient means urging said sliding element to extended position, saidpivoted element and said sliding element being so located relative toeach other that said sliding element may move from retracted to extendedposition when said member is rotated to a second position and saidpivoted element having a channel formed in its outer face adjacent itsfree edge within which said sliding element may be received when inextended position and means for moving said sliding element fromextended to retracted position.

11. The structure defined in claim 10, said last mentioned resilientmeans comprising a spring normally urging said sliding element toextended position and a door swingably mounted on said cabinet andforming a base of resistance for said spring when closed and said meansfor moving said sliding element including a push button mounted in saiddoor and acting on said sliding element against the tension of saidspring, when said door is closed, as said button is pressed. 7

12. A towel cabinet, a member which must be rotated to permitdispensation of tow-sling from the cabinet, a piate pivoted adjacent oneedge to one end of said member for swinging movement of the non-pivotededge of the plate outwardly from the end of the ineinbe, resilient meansurging said non-pivoted edge outwardly, said plate having a channelformed in its outer face and running from said non-pivoted edge towardthe axis of rotation of said member, a bar slidably mounted in thecabinet and normally projecting in an extended position partially acrossthe outer face of said piate to lie within said channel and compresssaid plate towards the said end of said member when said member has beenturned to a certain position relative to said resilient means normallyurging said bar to said extended position and for sliding said bar fromits extended position to the retracted position withdrawn from acrossthe face of said plate said bar being positioned outwardly from theouter face of the pivoted edge of the plate.

13. In a towel cabinet, a member which must be rotated to permitdispensation of toweling from the cabinet, a locking element having oneedge pivoted to one end of said member for swinging movement of theopposite edge of the element, the outer face of said element beingchanneled adjacent the swin ing edge thereof, resilient means urgingsaid swinging edge outwardly from the said end of said member, a lockingbar slidably mounted in said cabinet outwardly from the outer face ofthe pivoted edge 'of said locking element, said bar being adapted formovement to an extended position partially across the outer face of saidlocking element for engagement within said channel to hold the swingingedge of said element under compression towards said end of said member,resilient means urging said locking bar to its extended position andmeans for withdrawing said bar from its extended position to a retractedposition withdrawn from across the face of said locking element.

SAMUEL A. SCHWARTZ.

